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Pak assembly passes pro-women bill

IANS | By, Islamabad
Nov 17, 2011 01:06 AM IST

Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill aimed at elminating crimes against women and ending practices like forced marriages to settle disputes.

Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill aimed at elminating crimes against women and ending practices like forced marriages to settle disputes.

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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday congratulated all parliamentarians, particularly women parliamentarians, for the unanimous passage of the Anti-Women Practices Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2008, reported AP of Pakistan.

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Among other things, the bill aims to put an end to practices like depriving women from inheriting property and the so-called "marriage with the holy Quran". Women comprise half of Pakistan's population of about 180 million.

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